§ Mr. Alexander Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what safeguards are prescribed to ensure that the medical records of all patients who come under the care of a stand-by night duty doctor within a group system are always available to the doctor.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellI have been asked to reply.
N.H.S. regulations require family doctors to keep records of illnesses and treatment. They do not prescribe requirements as to the use or availability of records: this is a matter for doctors' professional judgment.